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UNWELCOME VISITOR: An unidentifi ed female driver crashed her Jeep into a Georgetown home just after 2 pm on Dec. 27, according to reps from
the Fire and Police departments. Photo by Steve Solomonson
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Driver smashes SUV into Georgetown home, injuring one
BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
A woman crashed her sportutility
vehicle into a Georgetown
home on Dec. 27, injuring
one.
Firefi ghters rushed to
the two-story Avenue M residence
near E. 59th Street after
receiving a call about the
crash at 2:15 pm, according to
a Fire Department rep.
And paramedics rushed
the injured victim to Kings
County Hospital for treatment,
said the rep, who would
not reveal the person’s identity.
Fire and Police Department
reps also did not answer
questions about the cause of
the crash, how many fi refi ghters
came to the scene, or how
long they remained there following
the incident.
But our on-site photographer
Steve Solomonson
claimed more than 40 of New
York’s Bravest arrived to survey
the damage after the motorist
drove her Jeep into the
home’s living room.
The Police Department
rep called the incident a “civil
matter,” adding that “no
crime was committed” and
that cops made no arrests.
Flatlands
play space
set for reno
Park getting $1M fi x
BY KEVIN DUGGAN AND
JULIANNE MCSHANE
Here comes the Sunners!
The city will invest $1 million
in a makeover of Flatlands’s
dilapidated Sunners
Playground, a Department of
Parks and Recreation spokeswoman
said.
The Avenue H park between
Kings Highway and E.
49th Street is set to receive upgrades
including new fencing,
equipment, and rubbery fl ooring
covering parts of the blacktop
playground, all of which
will make it more inviting, according
to agency rep Maeri
Ferguson, who said her colleagues
began the job’s design
process last month after Flatlands
Councilman Jumaane
Williams allocated the funding
for the project in July.
Ferguson did not give a
timeline for the work, but said
the design portion typically
takes about a year, and is followed
by a nine-month procurement
process, then a oneyear
construction phase.
The makeover couldn’t
come at a better time, according
to a local civic leader, who
said Sunners Playground’s
current facilities, and the rubbery
fl ooring beneath them,
have seen better days.
“The equipment is kind
of old, and the ground where
they put the rubber mats, that
needs to be replaced,” said Sallie
Bennett, the president of
the Flatlands Flatbush Civic
Group.
Parks Department reps presented
a draft of the renovation
plans to locals at a Dec. 19
meeting of Community Board
Continued on page 12
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